Fryer (surname)
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Frere/Freer/Fryer/Friar are common surnames.

A variety of speculative derivations and connections exist concerning the origins of this surname.

It is likely to originate from Friar another name for a monk. However there may also exist an etymological connection to druidic concept^{citation needed} of Frith a.k.a. fried as part of many Germanic surnames such as Wilfried, Werenfried, Alfred, Friedrich a.k.a Frederi(c)k, Frieda, etc. Also due to its Dutch origins, this surname is most likely originally Norse and thereby related to or derived directly from the famous mytho-poetic Vanir hero-priesthood Freyja and Freyr, progenitors of the Scandinavian Yngling dynasty, whose history is extant in the 9th century poem Ynglingatal.

List of people with the surname Fryer

• Bernie Fryer
• Brian Fryer
• Eric Fryer
• Frederick William Richard Fryer
• Hayden Fryer, prolific Australian comic creator
• Jacqueline Fryer, Virologist
• John Fryer, officer on the Bounty
• John Fryer, record producer
• Miranda Fryer, actress
• Peter Fryer, writer
• Roland G. Fryer Jr, economics professor
• William Fryer

See also

• Ingvaeones, Flemings, Frisians, family tree of West Germanic languages, Walloons, Ynglinga saga, Friday, Freÿr, List of Germanic peoples.

External links

• Coats of Arms
• History of Name
• Ynglinga Saga by Snorri Sturluson (en)

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